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Monarchy

British academic David Starkey charts the political and ideological history of the English monarchy from the Saxon period to modern times
20036 episodes
TV-Y7
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Monarchy - S1 Ep1
    May 31, 2003
    50min
    TV-Y7
    The rise of the Anglo-Saxons, the wars against the Vikings and the victory over King Harold by the Norman Duke William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.
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  2. S1 E2 - Monarchy - S1 Ep2
    May 31, 2003
    49min
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    Following the Battle of Hastings and subsequent Norman Conquest. This covers a tumultuous time in English history, which saw murders and eventually, civil war. The story of all of the English monarchs of the House of Normandy.
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  3. S1 E3 - Monarchy - S1 Ep3
    May 31, 2003
    48min
    TV-Y7
    Following the Battle of Hastings and subsequent Norman Conquest. This covers a tumultuous time in English history, which saw murders and eventually, civil war. The story of all of the English monarchs of the House of Normandy.
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  4. S1 E4 - Monarchy - S1 Ep4
    May 31, 2003
    48min
    TV-Y7
    The reign of the Angevins Henry II of England, and his conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, the corrupted reign of King John and the long struggled reign of Henry III.
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  5. S1 E5 - Monarchy - S1 Ep5
    May 31, 2003
    49min
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    The reigns of three Edwards: Edward I, and his attempt at a United Kingdom, how his son Edward II almost lost it all, but restored by Edward III, grandson of Edward I.
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  6. S1 E6 - Monarchy - S1 Ep6
    May 31, 2003
    49min
    TV-Y7
    Follows the reigns made famous by Shakespeare: Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V and Henry VI. A time of civil unrest and doubt in monarchy itself.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English
Directors
David HuttDavid WilsonLucy SwinglerMary Cranitch
Producers
Mark Fielder
Studio
True Royalty
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